9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2012-0478
Mozilla Firefox WebGL JSVAL_TO_OBJECT Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

The texImage2D implementation in the WebGL subsystem in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 does not properly restrict JSVAL_TO_OBJECT casts, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page.

INFO

Published Date :

April 25, 2012, 10:10 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:35 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2012-0478 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0478 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
4 Mozilla seamonkey
5 Mozilla thunderbird_esr

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Python

Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago
87 stars 32 fork 32 watcher
Born at : Aug. 21, 2013, 7:19 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-0478 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-0478 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:10.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:081 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:066 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16893 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16893 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/75155 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75155 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-0478 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-0478 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.48 }} -0.04%

score

0.90336

percentile

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